I’m going to a NASA Tweetup

Exciting news,I’ve been chosen to go to a NASA Tweet up. NASA has invited 150 Twitter followers to attend a two day Tweetup on September 8-9 at Kennedy Space Center. Over 850 people applied for this opportunity so I feel pretty special that I was chosen to attend. NASA has been hosting these events for several years as a way to share their work with the public. During this Tweetup we will tour Kennedy Space Center, interact with NASA scientists and watch a Delta II rocket launch twin GRAIL spacecrafts to the moon. The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL will map the moon’s gravity field and study the moon from crust to core. This important mission will also help scientists better understand how the Earth and other rocky planets were formed.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

I’ve been having such a great time getting to know the other 149 participants on Twitter and on our private Facebook group. We are such a diverse group for all parts of the world, yes all parts of the world. Some are flying in from Europe and Australia to witness this rocket launch. I’ve been very impressed with the NASA Tweetup community as a whole. They are some of the most caring people you will ever meet. I’ve learned so much from them the short time I’ve known them and look forward to meeting them in person at the Tweetup.

I will be blogging and posting updates on Twitter before, during and after the event. Please follow me on Twitter to keep up with the behind the scene action of the GRAIL launch. Also since I’m into eating healthy as you know, I will be writing about all the delicious healthy food I eat while I am traveling. I’m already planning on making some “Tweetup trail mix” and some “GRAIL granola” so stay tuned for those recipes.